Every year around this time, graduating students in the United States walk across hastily constructed stages and awkwardly shake hands with their university’s president before receiving a diploma. B.A ...

The late afternoon sunshine poured through the windows of Ohio State University's Longaberger Alumni House as a steady stream of doctoral students, just days away from commencement, waited in line to ...

For many of us (most of us?), the semester is almost over. That might mean several different things for different readers. Likely among them are exams and evaluations, grading and graduation.

The faculty cap and gown closet is open for another graduation season. While students most often rent their commencement regalia through the campus bookstore, professors and other instructors are ...

Commencement is the time-honored tradition, and spectacle, in which graduating master’s and Ph.D. students adorn themselves in robes and regalia to celebrate their achievements. Yet some don’t attend, ...

At the Syracuse University/SUNY-ESF 2012 Commencement celebration May 13, nearly 98,000 plastic bottles will be on display in the Carrier Dome, not in their original container shape, but in the form ...

Academic regalia is required for degree candidates at Commencement and Convocation ceremonies. All candidates who do not possess regalia must obtain their regalia from the B&N UD Bookstore. The B&N UD ...

At Smith today, caps and gowns are worn at Commencement to symbolize unity and academic achievement. Academic dress is believed to have originated at medieval British universities. At Smith’s first ...

I recently had the opportunity to join the academic processional at my friend’s graduation. What was funny about this was that although I’m a member of staff, my own PhD is still under examination, so ...

The tradition of wearing caps, gowns, and hoods as attire in formal academic processions and ceremonies extends back to practices in medieval Europe, when most scholars were affiliated with monastic ...